Brockton man held without bail on sixth drunken driving charge

Charles Passias, 46, of Brockton is scheduled to appear in Nantucket District Court on Wednesday after being arrested in Nantucket on his sixth drunken driving charge, after the state revoked his driver's license for life.

BROCKTON – A Brockton man with a lifetime revocation of his license and a sixth drunken driving arrest is due back in a Nantucket courtroom on Wednesday.

Charles Passias, 46, is being held without bail in a Barnstable jail after he was arrested on his sixth drunken driving charge in Nantucket on July 31.

Passias, whose driver’s license was revoked for life in 2006, has worked as a plumber in the Brockton area for several years. He is scheduled to appear in Nantucket District Court on Wednesday for a pretrial hearing.

Passias was pulled over for a routine motor vehicle stop on Fairgrounds Road in Nantucket in a black Jeep Wrangler about 1 a.m. on July 31, Nantucket police said.

Passias was charged with drunken driving, driving with a revoked license, driving negligently and marked lanes violation. He refused a breathalyzer test on July 31, said Registry of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Sara Lavoie.

“Because of the refusal he has a lifetime license revocation on top of the existing revocation,” Lavoie said in a recent email to The Enterprise.

If convicted, Passias faces a minimum of 2 1/2 years in the county jail and up to a maximum of five years in state prison.

His driving record shows a history of drunken driving arrests and license suspensions dating back to 1987, according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

In October 2006, the state revoked Passias’ driver’s license for life after he was found guilty of drunken driving in West Bridgewater.

In the span of one year from July 6, 1995 to July 6, 1996 he was arrested three times for drunken driving in Middleboro, Randolph and Kingston.

He failed a breathalyzer test in Middleboro in March 1987 and again in July 1995, according to the RMV.

Passias also has several other driving infractions dating back to 1984 including speeding, driving to endanger, and failure to stop. He has had surchargeable accidents in Brockton in 1985, 1989 and 1990 and in Yarmouth in 1988.

His attorney, Robert P. Waickowski, could not be reached for comment Monday.

Passias’ licenses as a master plumber and as a journeyman plumber are current, according to the state Division of Professional Licensure.